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I bought this cooler yesterday, today I am testing it. Ozark trails It is in the back of my truck, under a fold back cover, which is black, and a white truck. In full sun. I placed a gallon milk jug full of ice that has been frozen for two days, in a chest type deep freeze, in the truck at 1:15 pm. Last night the low was 78f, and forecast to be 77f tonight. Todays high is forcast at 93f and is currently 91f with a heat index or 103f. Only time that I will open it is after three days to check progress. Open, look, shut. then daily until it melts. miles

Yawn


Always prime the cooler first before setting out.

I sacrifice a bag of ice the night before. Dump all and then pack it with hopefully already frozen or pre chilled goods.


I know you have me on ignore cause youre a squat to piss whiney douchebag. Take it for whatever.

sacrifice a bag ? that's cheat'n

Miles ,

Won't even be cool water in two days - it's HOT

Priming a cooler makes a big difference. I always do that if I need many days of cold.

Good advice about cooling the ice chest.

Being an attention ho and calling someone else a douchebag is not so good. GFY!

Agreed, Priming is the key.

Cold is the lack of heat. You want to draw out the heat in the insulating material of the cooler before using the cooler.

thanks handy man.

What is the definition of melted? 5% ice remaining?

How big is the cooler? 35 qt (nice cooler for $100)

My guess is 24 hrs for a single 8 lb jug of frozen water. I will be pleasantly surprised if it makes it to 48 hrs.

Four frozen 8 lb jugs would be a far different story.

Why? thousands of same tests on utube comparing hundreds of coolers over the years.

It may take a while for the block to melt but I doubt the temp in your cooler ever dropped below 70F.

1 gallon will melt fast, to be efficient it needs to have more Ice and less air.

I also have water jugs and 2 liter pop bottles frozen to put in hours before to cool it down, take them out and back into the chest freezer for next time before loading.

When they say 7 days or whatever I think that is packed to the gills with ice, little air.

Kent

Says on the label that it will keep ice for 5 days. This is just a simple test to see how things go. If it seems like it is worth while, I will fill it with ice and bottle water, and test that. I plan on using it in late July for an extended period. Just trying to learn it quick. I have a Pelican that held ice real well when new, but after a few years not as well. Still better than the old plastic colemans, but not as good as when new. miles

Field & Stream did a test few years ago where they placed blocks of ice in each cooler and measured the amount of water that ran out over a 24-hour. The Cabela's cooler beat the yeti hands down. I highly recommend them for the money unless you're concerned with having the word yeti on your ice chest.

https://www.fieldandstream.com/arti...anked-and-reviewed-2/?src=SOC&dom=fb

Given how well a near paper thin styrofoam cup will protect you hand from hot coffee and that styrofoam is cheap. It seems to me any cooler should easily insulate well. We’re not talking about hi tech and patents or trade secrets here. It’s some styrofoam with a plastic shell to keep it from breaking apart.

If you have the freezer room, I've put the whole cooler in, and loaded it in the morning.

Sounds good for a walk in freezer

I have a Yeti 35 I took on a fishing trip this week. I didn't pre chill it. Tuesday morning I threw in a bag of ice. And.filled it with water, beer and sprites that were hot. Left it in the boat. Added drinks and we kept a box of worms in it so it was opened often. Fished Tuesday and Wednesday filled it with more drinks that weren't cold wednesday. Thursday at noon when I arrived home the ice bag was 1/3 full of ice. And the few drinks were ice cold. I have had it several years and they work. They are heavy and awkward to move around. They cost too much for a piece of plastic. People will steal them if you leave them unguarded. But they work.

Miles with the pelican I have the seal went bad so I contacted them and they sent me one at no charge, easy to replace also.

Because he is another whiney, old douchebag that cannot navigate Youtube and hasn’t sprung for new cooler since the piece of crap $6 styrofoam job he bought in 1974.

He thinks miss lynn is a hot piece of ass

Keep the cooler itself as cool as possible, in the shade.